Eating Recovery Center

08/07/2025

A little motivation to get you through the week, courtesy of this sign found in our center in Chicago! 🌟

08/06/2025

Writing in a journal, practicing radical acceptance, splashing cold water in your face... all of these are examples of "skills" that are taught and utilized in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Which is to say — you might be using therapeutic skills without even knowing it!

Tap through the slides here to learn more about these skills and how they can be helpful to your well-being. (Important note: this therapy modality is not the right fit for everyone, and that's okay! Take what works for you and leave what doesn't.)

08/05/2025

It's called protecting my peace! 🙂‍↕️

08/04/2025

What does residential eating disorder treatment involve? How is it different from inpatient or acute care — and how can it help someone who is struggling with an eating disorder?

In our latest blog, Jenna Valentine (Clinical Director), answers these questions and more. Read on: https://bit.ly/4fnYpzh

A clinician explains teen residential eating disorder treatment -- from common myths to research-backed results and the role families play in recovery.

08/01/2025

You don't have to recovery perfectly... you just have to keep going. 💙

07/31/2025

Artwork from our center in Chicago. 💙

07/30/2025

We're celebrating ! 🤩 How have your friendships impacted your recovery journey? What's a small thing a friend has done for you that had a lasting effect?

07/28/2025

Get out of your own way. 🥲

Okayyyyy... that's easier said than done, we are our own harshest critics after all. 🙃 But sometimes it's really just our pesky little brains that are holding us back from taking the next right action, making the next right decision.

So this is your sign to get out of your own way. Stop letting that inner critic tell you who you are and what you are worthy of.

07/25/2025

Your story matters more than you know. 💙

Whether you're in the thick of it or further along in your healing — you're not alone.

And if you’ve made it through to the other side, thank you for showing the rest of us what’s possible.

Your story is living proof that healing is possible. Don’t forget that!

Quote by: Brené Brown

07/24/2025

Thinking about joining us for this year's virtual conference? Here's a peek at what makes this event so meaningful to those working in the greater healthcare industry.

Register before August 18 to take advantage of our early bird pricing: https://bit.ly/45geF2q

07/23/2025

"'You have done hard things before, you can do hard things again.'

Words I hold onto when navigating eating disorder recovery while managing chronic illness. Staying motivated to continue eating disorder recovery during struggles of chronic illness and pain, can have a lot to do with the mindset on your journey.

It can be helpful to find things that bring you peace during a time that could feel chaotic, and I think the experience of discovering coping skills can be very powerful and eye opening.

It is valuable to accept that this reality is hard, while still looking at how far you have come by admiring your strength.

Eating disorder recovery is possible, learning how to cope with chronic illness is possible, and so is getting to experience beautiful things this life has to offer."

— Luisa, ERC Alum

07/22/2025

"It was the first time I felt like I could manage further treatment and consider eating disorder recovery possible. I enrolled in a treatment center a few weeks after the initial intro call. Enrollment was such a pivotal moment in my recovery.

I was still afraid. If I could go back to pretreatment Cearra, here’s what I would do.

I’d hug her.

I’d tell her the fear lessens with time and care from your treatment team.

I’d tell her the constant disordered thoughts eventually quiet in her mind.

I’d tell her she’s so much more than a number on a scale.

I’d tell her recovery is possible, and I’m proof.

I’d tell her I’d enroll in a treatment center time and time again if it meant being where I am — who I am — now.

I’d tell her the tools and perspective learned in treatment are worth all her fear and hesitancy.

I’d hold her and give her hope.

That’s what I needed most in my eating disorder recovery: hope. And after the first intro call, I’d finally found it."

LOVE these words from our alum, Cearra. 🥹